The geopolitics of water in Africa

http://scd.rfi.fr/sites/filesrfi/imagecache/rfi_16x9_1024_578/sites/images.rfi.fr/files/aef_image/Kenya-Camp-de-Dadaab-3.jpg         With some 500,000 refugees, Camp Dadaab is one of the largest in the world. Located near the Somali border in southeastern Kenya. The camps of Ifo, Dagahaley, Hagadera and, since 2011, the Kambios, Ifo2 and Ifo3 camps constituting all the camps around Dadaab, in Garissa County. In this article, we expose the theme of water governance in a refugee camp the size of the city. How to respond to people's needs in emergency situations. People suffering persecution and civil wars that are currently in Somalia but are also exposed to drought and food shortages Who are the political actors responsible for water management in these camps that include various populations that have crossed borders? Political Background     On one hand, Somalia is a homogenous ethnically-Muslim country under threat of disloca...

     On July 26, 2018, the project manager of the Renaissance Dam, a major energy project in Ethiopia, was shot dead in his car in the center of Addis Abeba. The construction of the dam raises many disputes. A strong nationalistic criticism in Egypt fear that the dam affects the water level. Egypt is 90% dependent on the river for its water supply. This assassination reflects the many tensions and worries of a likely water war in the second largest river in the world. More than 55% of the world's population lives in international shared river basins. Today we will study the case of the Nile as a source of geopolitical conflict. This river can indeed be perceived as the spark of an inter-state conflict. Rising demographics, population density, global warming, resentment challenges and nationalistic discourse are leading to historic insecurity. Study of the topography   Map of the Nile ,  https://media.istockphoto.com/vectors/nile-river-map-vector...